Summer

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I've had this sweet image sitting at my work space for a bit, and just had to finish coloring her and get her on a card. Summer is from the Honey collection of stamps from C.C. Designs.

Here are some challenges Summer fit in:
Tuesday Morning Sketches 1st Birthday!: Choose a Favorite Sketch, I chose #21
Fresh Brewed Challenges #10: Summertime
Simon Says Challenge: Photo Inspiration
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #33: Seven of Something (7 pearls)
Cute Card Thursday #120: School's Out for Summer (Summer theme)
Glitterbabe's Challenge #2: A Color Challenge of Orange, Pink and Turquoise (glittered with Smooches!)
Artful Inkables#24: Sewing (real or faux)

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Sentimental Sundays #6 - New or Neglected Stash

Welcome back for a new challenge with Sentimental Sundays. This is challenge #6, and the theme this week is: New or Neglected Stash

I've used one of Ann's lovely sentiments from the Daddy's Heartbeat Sentiments at Whimsy Stamps along with a wonderful Fishing digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil Too. Don't forget that you'll also find a free set of sentiments on the Sentimental Sundays blog! This week's fabulous new set is: Brand New Short Sayings

Be sure to use a sentiment somewhere on your card, and to follow the theme however you may interpret it. While Ann (Raindrop Echo Designs) offers fabulous freebies, and also sells a wide variety of sentiment stamps at Whimsy Stamps, you are free to use any sentiment. Be sure to link up on the Sentimental Sundays blog before the next challenge to be in the running for a fabulous prize, and use a direct link to make it easy for us to find your new card or project!

In addition to this week's Sentimental Sundays challenge, I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #48: A fabulous Sketch
For Fun Challenges: Men
Tellen's Place #20: Two Patterned Papers

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Meet Tiare, a sweet little Faerie

Meet Tiare, she's a Cowgirl Up cutie by CJ, with just a touch of attitude. She's also a faerie, which I just love! You can see more of CJ's work by visiting the challenge blog, Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge, where the DT hangs out!  The sentiment used is by Ann Vento from Raindrop Echo Designs, from The Basics Collection that can be found on the Sentimental Sundays Challenge Blog.

Just a few challenges entered:
Sentimental Sundays #2: For Someone Special
Color Throwdown #91: Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise, and Kiwi Kiss  (I actually had to paint some stripes to match the turquoise in this challenge, that was kind of fun!)
Tuesday Morning Sketches #44: Fabulous Sketch!
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #81: Friendship

Cute Little Gratty 'tude

Little miss Gratty 'tude is from Stamping Bella, and was a surprise from my sweet friend Danni. I've used some Piggy Tales and Core'dinations paper, EK punched leaves, and a Fiskar's flower punch. The center of the flower is Studio G glitter glue, and the image is colored with Copic markers and aged with a bit of chalk.

There are a few challenges this fits in with:
Tuesday Morning Sketches # 35
Everybody Art Challenge #80
Color Throwdown #82
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #39

Take a Deep Breath...

Our 'weekend crew' with Danni (you can find links for the crew in her sidebar) is working with MFT stamps. I had fun using the Serenity Now set, having not had the chance to use it before.

I've also checked the challenges that I follow and found a few that this card fits into:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #34: Light Orange, Dark Brown, & Ivory
Raise the Bar #7: Three's Company (3 brads, 3 ribbons, 3 leaves, 3 flower petals, etc)
Cute Card Thursday #101: Ribbon-Tastic (Twill Ribbon)
C.R.A.F.T. #39: Ribbons & Sparkle (Twill Ribbon & Creative Inspirations Paint)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #55: Flowers (Prima and the Basic Grey DP)

50's Sweetheart

A sweet digi I just had to try out from The Greeting Farm! I started out using some scraps for the green lines and flower, and then realized I needed a larger piece for the background. I'm sure the other ladies did much better than I did using my scraps this weekend. This card actually fit into several challenges, which was really fun.

Crazy 4 Challenges #23: Be My Valentine
Tuesday Morning Sketches #31: Sketch Challenge
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #36: Valentine's or Love
Stampin' for the Weekend: Valentines Themed
Raise the Bar #4: Hearts
Creative Card Crew #44: Valentine's
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays #26: Valentine with a twist...no RED (the darkest color in the card is actually a very deep pink, not red)

What I used:
Stamp: 50's Sweetheart digi from The Greeting Farm
Paper: Bo Bunny, Papertrey Ink, Core'dinations
Ink: Copic Sketch, Shimmerz, Creative Inspirations
Accents: Die cuts with Nestabilities by Spellbinders, MS Punch, Gem

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A Tilda Hello

I had some time this evening to finish working on another card for the Magnolia weekend with Danni and friends. Purple is another problem color for me, so when I found this week's challenge for Color Throwdown was the colors: Elegant Eggplant, Baja Breeze, and Certainly Celery, I just had to try it out! I also used Melissa Craig's sketch for Tuesday Morning Sketches to put my card together.

Color Throwdown #77 can be found: HERE
Tuesday Morning Sketches #30 can be found: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Tilda with Letter by Magnolia, sentiment by Clear Dollar Stamps
Paper: S.E.I., Bo Bunny, DCWV, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento, Copic Sketch
Accents: gems by Darice

Be sure to stop by and see what Magnolia sweeties Danni, Kristie, and Nancy have to share!

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Ribbon Riley for TMS14

A card made for Tuesday Morning Sketches #14. You can find the challenge: HERE

What I Used:
Stamp: Ribbon Riley by Hanna Stamps, Sentiment by There She Goes
Ink: Memento, Copics, Spica Glitter pen (pink)
Paper: DP is DCWV, Stamped on Papertrey Ink
Accents: Gems by Darice, Die Cuts using Nestabilities, Pop dots under sentiment

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Thanksgiving Cornucopia

I used this week’s sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches for this card. You can find that challenge: HERE
I also did some faux stitching for the Crazy 4 Challenges ‘Sew Happy’ theme. You can find that challenge: HERE

The cornucopia stamp is from Clear Dollar Stamps, and the Happy Thanksgiving sentiment is from There She Goes.

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Miss Anya Dressy - Tuesday Morning Sketches #12

I used one of the Miss Anya Dressy stamps to make a card for the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #12. The latest sketch by Melissa Craig can be found: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Miss Anya Dressy by The Greeting Farm, Sentiment by CTMH
Paper: DCWV, Image stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Versafine, Copic Markers
Accents: Gems, Brass Charm, Border Punch by EK Success, Die Cut is Nestabilities by Spellbinders

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Owl in Fall Colors

Just a little owl card I made in fall colors. I followed the Die Cut Dreams Challenge colors that can be found: HERE I also used the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge that can be found: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Owl, Branch (Sassafrass – Oliver and Friends)
Paper: Solid (The Paper Co); Print (K & Company)
Ink: Burnt Umber (Unity Stamp Co), Watercolor pencils
Accents: Gems (Darice), Ribbon (Offray), Flowers (Prima)

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